Improvement in cider-mills



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Patented Nov. 11, 1879.

J L BAR Cider-M UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

JOHN L. BARNES, OF WARSAW, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIDER-MILLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,386, dated November 11, 1879; application filed April 15, 1879.

- a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invent-ion consists in the construction and arrangement of a cider-mill, as-will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my cider-mill. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of one of the rollers.

A represents the frame of my cider-mill, provided with a hopper, B, at one end for-the introduction of the pomace. In this hopper is a feeding-roller, O, which carries down the pomace to an endless apron or cloth, D, which passes around rollers E, as shown in Fig. 2, and passes over two rollers, F F. Below these rollers, and within the cloth or apron, are inclines G G, which lead to a spout, a, as shown. Above the two rollers F F, and in contact with the apron on top of them, is a third roller, 1, which is covered with rubber.

The two lower rollers, F, are constructed as shown-in Fig. 3, each roller being formed with a series of circumferential grooves, 72, at suitable distances apartsay about half an inch, more or less. The roller is then covered with wire-cloth d.

The various rollers are connected and run by gearing or belts, or both, in any suitable or convenient manner.

By using the three rollers F F and I the pomace is pressed twice as it passes through the machine, as the upper rubber-covered roller, I, runs upon both the under ones.

The cider is pressed by the upper roller through the cloth or canvas apron D, and also through the wire cloth screens d, into the grooves b on the rollers F F, and then runs around said rollers, and is discharged on the inclines G, and by them conveyed to the spout a.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cider-mill, a roller, F, provided with a series of circumferential grooves, 11, and inclosed by wire-cloth d, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination of the rubber-covered roller I, the endless cloth or apron D, and the rollers F F, provided with grooves b and Wirecloth d, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of February, 1879.

JOHN L. BARNES.

Witnesses J. W. KILLINGE G. M. THOMAS. 

